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"Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848, generally attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett from Alfred Shaker Village. It became widely known when Aaron Copland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham 's ballet, Appalachian Spring , premiered in 1944.
Simple Little Words (song) " Simple Little Words " is a song written by Douglas Johnson that was originally recorded by American Christian and country music singer Cristy Lane. It was released as a single in 1979 via LS Records and became a top ten hit single on the country charts. The song was later released on Lane's 1979 album of the same name.
The melody is from the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts". The hymn is widely performed in English-speaking congregations and assemblies. [ 1] The song follows the idea of the traditional English carol "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", which tells the gospel story in the first-person voice of Jesus of Nazareth with the device of portraying ...
Henry Lytton as the Major-General (1919) Drawing from 1884 children's Pirates. " I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General " (often referred to as the " Major-General's Song " or " Modern Major-General's Song ") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan 's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. It has been called the most famous Gilbert ...
"Simple Man" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on their debut studio album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973). The song is one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's most popular. Since the song became available for digital download, it has become Lynyrd Skynyrd's third best-selling digital song after " Sweet Home Alabama " and ...
William Wallace Denslow 's illustrations for Simple Simon, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose. Nursery rhyme. Published. 1764. Songwriter (s) Traditional. "Simple Simon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.
Reginald Warburghton, Stanley West. " A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) " is a song written by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Originally recorded for Simon's 1965 UK-only debut, The Paul Simon Songbook, it was recorded soon after by Simon and his partner, Art Garfunkel, for the duo's third ...
Simple Minds originated from the punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers, formed in early 1977 on Glasgow's South Side, [11] as the brainchild of Alan Cairnduff. Cairnduff left the organisation of the band to John Milarky, suggesting that he enlist two strangers, singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill.